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Water Act 1989
4AThe Environmental Water Reserve
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4A The Environmental Water Reserve
(1) The environmental water reserve comprises water that is set aside for the environment—
(a) as an environmental entitlement; and
(b) through the operation of—
(i) conditions on any bulk entitlement, or any licence, permit or authority issued under this or any other Act, or regulations made under this or any other Act; and
(ii) any management plan under this Act; and
(iii) any other provision of this Act, the **Murray-Darling Basin Act 1993** or the **Groundwater (Border Agreement) Act 1985** or any regulations made under this Act or those Acts.
(2) In this Act a reference to the environmental water reserve is a reference to any water to which subsection (1) applies.
S. 4B inserted by No. 99/2005 s. 4.